Playgroup fun!

We have a ton of fun at playgroup on Fridays!  This morning we met at Jeanine's house and last week we went to Dewitt Stables in Mesa to a pumpkin patch and a hay maze!  Here are some pics!  Tristan is walking almost like a pro now!  Just crazy - our little baby boy is almost one and not so much of a baby anymore...

Tristan walking videos!

Go baby Tristan, go!!  The first video is sideways because I thought if I turned the videocamera sideways it would self adjust like a camera :)  Such a cutie pie!  Soon he'll be a toddler, but I'll still call him our baby for a while!


Tristan Walking 1 from Holly Riley on Vimeo.

Nana and Papa visit... and Tristan's first 2 solo steps!

We had some visitors these last few days and they're one of our favorite visitors!  Nana and Papa came down all the way from Iowa for a few days to see all of us!

We went to the pool one afternoon and Tristan had a blast.  It was nice and overcast and even though it was in the 90s, it was COLD when you were outside of the pool.  Gotta love the dry desert area! 

Nana and Papa played with Tristan all day long on Thursday while Mom & Dad were at work all day.  Tristan loved hearing Papa sing to him and give him "bear rides" while Nana held onto his feet!  It was so cute, he just loved it.  They also watched him Friday night, so that we could go on a date night.  We saw the movie, "Courageous".  Very good and inspiring movie!

Tristan also decided to try and walk quite a few times!  He pushes himself up to stand now all the time and balances very well now (something that only we and Nana and Papa got to see all weekend long, I guess he was just waiting to have more of an audience)!!  He took his first 2 real steps on Saturday, October 1st!  The pics I tried to get then didn't really work out because we weren't expecting it, but here are some from Sunday night:

We also got to go and see Trav race the 70.3 tour de Scottsdale.  He placed very well and came in at 2:52.  His goal was to do this super hilly course in under 3 hours and he did SOOOOO well!  We are very proud of him and it was fun to see him cross the finish line!

All in all, it was a GREAT weekend with lots of GREAT experiences and fun!  We ate in everynight, it was really nice to cook for more than just 2 people and we had lots of fun around the house and around the area!  Nana and Papa will be back in a little over a month for Tristan's 1st birthday!!  We can't wait to see everyone!  And Grandma B will be coming down too, so I'm very excited for some time with my mom!!  I'll update again in a few weeks!!